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Winter Classic

9 Feb

THE EXCITEMENT CONTINUES: STRETCH RUN PREVIEW

31 Jan

The 2011-12 NHL regular season resumes Tuesday with 13 games. All-Star captains Daniel Alfredsson of the Ottawa Senators and Zdeno Chara of the Boston Bruins will meet in Boston two days after facing off over All-Star Weekend in Ottawa. The Bruins (31-14-2, 64 points) and Senators (27-19-6, 60 points) will meet four times over the [...]

2012 MID-SEASON DRAFT RANKINGS PROSPECT PROFILES

25 Jan

NAIL YAKUPOV Sarnia • OHL 5’11” 189 lbs. Right wing, shoots left Born: Oct. 6, 1993 in Nizhnekamsk, Russia Mid-Season Ranking: 1 • North American Skater *Yakupov represented Russia at the 2012 World Junior Championships. He tied for the tournament lead in assists with nine (0-9–9) helping Russia win silver — he recorded four assists [...]

PENGUINS’ NEAL ADDED TO 2012 NHL ALL-STAR ROSTER

25 Jan

NEW YORK (January 25, 2012) — Pittsburgh Penguins forward James Neal has been added to the NHL All-Star roster for the 2012 NHL All-Star Weekend in Ottawa Jan. 26-29, the National Hockey League announced today. Neal replaces Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin. Neal began the regular season with nine goals in his first 12 games [...]

Board of Governors Approves Four-Conference Format

6 Dec

BOARD OF GOVERNORS APPROVES FOUR-CONFERENCE FORMAT Authorizes Commissioner To Implement, Pending Input From NHL Players’ Association PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (Dec. 5, 2011) — The National Hockey League Board of Governors tonight approved a four-Conference alignment format and authorized Commissioner Gary Bettman to implement this proposal, pending input from the National Hockey League Players’ Association. The [...]

Tim Thomas, Jimmy Howard, and Ed Olczyk talk Turkey

24 Nov

An Interview With: EDDIE OLCZYK JIMMY HOWARD TIM THOMAS DAVID KEON: Good afternoon, everyone. I’m David Keon of the National Hockey League’s public relations department, and I’d like to welcome you to today’s call. With us today we have Boston Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas, Detroit Red Wings goaltender Jimmy Howard, and NBC analyst and retired [...]

SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE FOOTBALL SUNDAY NOTES PACKAGE

13 Sep

Via Press Release: Results from Saturday, Sept. 10 Auburn 41, Mississippi State 34 (87,451 at Auburn) South Carolina 45, Georgia 42 (92,746 at Athens) Ole Miss 42, Southern Illinois 24 (58,504 at Oxford) Vanderbilt 24, Connecticut 21 (32,119 at Nashville) LSU 49, Northwestern State (92,405 at Baton Rouge) Tennessee 45, Cincinnati 23 (94,207 at Knoxville) [...]

TICKETS FOR HOCKEY EAST DOUBLEHEADER AT FENWAY PARK ON SALE NOW

13 Sep

NEWLY ENERGIZED LIGHTNING MARKETING CAMPAIGN CALLS ON FANS TO ‘BE THE THUNDER’ THROUGHOUT 2011-12 SEASON

13 Sep

Via Press Release: TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning unveiled its ‘Be The Thunder’ marketing campaign for the 2011-12 regular season today, calling on all hockey fans throughout the Bay Area to come together and be loud in support of the Bolts all season long as the highly-anticipated start of the regular campaign quickly [...]

McCARTNEY AFTER 9/11

6 Sep

Via Press Release: Highly-Anticipated Feature-Length Documentary “THE LOVE WE MAKE” Chronicles Paul McCartney’s Cathartic Journey Through New York City In The Aftermath of 9/11. To Debut on SHOWTIME September 10th At 9:00 ET/PT LOS ANGELES, CA (September 6, 2011) – As the country prepares to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks on [...]